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How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways! – Romans 11:33 NLT “…my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.” – Isaiah 58:8 NLT - Bad theology leads to poor praxeology o What we believe about God directly influences our behavior o Our concept of God determines our conduct on behalf of God “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us....and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he in his deep heart conceives God to be like.” – A. W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy o Jonah thought he could run away from God But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. – Jonah 1:3 ESV § Jonah thought he could avoid God’s will by fleeing from God’s presence § He obviously wasn’t familiar with Psalm 139 Psalm 139:7-12 NLT I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, even there your hand will guide me, ©2021 KEN MILLER BAND of BROTHERS / A MINISTRY OF CHRIST CHAPEL BIBLE CHURCH 3 and your strength will support me. I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you. • Stormy seas But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and there was a might tempest on the sea, so that the ship threatened to break up. – Jonah 1:4 ESV You can make many plans, but the LORD’s purpose will prevail. – Proverbs 19:21 NLT A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps. – Proverbs 16:9 BSB - Jonah could run, but he couldn’t hide - God had told His rebellious people: “Even if they hide at the very top of Mount Carmel, I will search them out and capture them. Even if they hide at the bottom of the ocean, I will send the sea serpent after them to bite them.” – Amos 9:3 NLT - The sovereign will of God …the Lord hurled a great wind… – 1:4 …the Lord appointed a great fish… – 1:17 …the Lord spoke to the fish… – 2:10 …the Lord God appointed a plant… – 4:6 …God appointed a worm… – 4:7 Then the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they hurled the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. – Jonah 1:5 ESV - Jonah was on a ship full of pagans o He was a Jew surrounded by Gentiles o They were all experiencing God’s wrath o And they were all in danger of dying for the sins of one man When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. – Romans 5:12 NLT So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. Just as everyone dies because we all ©2021 KEN MILLER BAND of BROTHERS / A MINISTRY OF CHRIST CHAPEL BIBLE CHURCH ! %! >,.&'9$#&$7=(18$,;,*<&',$E)&$>,.&'9+$#&$U)*0+#$E0..$>,$90;,'$',E$.0-,5$B$4! d.>A6E8A76C!4Z924=22!)T%! $ o! 5.678!76D!8AC!C8AIF7E?C!M?>?!7NN!H6D?>!G.DLC!M>7E8! !! %8?A>!?E86A@AEP!DAD6LE!F7EE?>! !! %8?A>!N76D!./!.>AKA6!DAD6LE!F7EE?>! !! %8?P!M?>?!7NN!A6!E8?!C7F?!V.7E!O?c@HC?!E8?!IH6Q! ! 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They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him. For “Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved. “But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!” ©2021 KEN MILLER BAND of BROTHERS / A MINISTRY OF CHRIST CHAPEL BIBLE CHURCH 6 § Jonah’s silence condemns him - He says nothing - He utters no prayer - He never mentions the name of his Elohim - He failed to be a “light to the nations” • The lot is cast And they said to one another, “Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
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